Correction of the Protruding Deformed Ear

Cure d’oreilles décollées

“…Enfin, d'autres défor-mations nécessitent une approche technique différente. [20] sont envisageables pour modeler l'anthélix. Elles représentent une alternative à la technique de Stenström.…”

Current trends in otoplasty

“…Luckett noted the importance of recreating an underdeveloped antihelical fold in prominent ear surgery [18]. Cartilage-cutting techniques were advanced in the 1950s and 1960s by surgeons including Becker, Converse, Farrior, and Pitanguy [19][20][21][22][23]. Cartilage-cutting techniques are most appropriate for stiff, thick cartilage that requires a break in its inherent elastic spring to maintain results.…”

Correction of congenital constricted ears using a chondrocutaneous postauricular flap

“…When the curled cartilage is folded backwards the ear is still shorter than the normal in most of the cases. In some cases the ear is so small that constricted ears have been categorized by some authors under microtia [1,2]. Elsahy [3] summarized the important features of the deformity as: reduction in the vertical height, reduction in the fossa triangularis, reduction in the scapha, reduction or absence of the superior crus of the antihelix and lidlike turning down of the helix.…”